Gigabyte Z390 AORUS Elite (Intel LGA1151/Z390/ATX/2xM.2/Realtek ALC1220/RGB Fusion/Gaming Motherboard)

Excellent product

Ron drenner · 2026-02-12 · via amazon

It does just about everything, and it does a great job. Key things to note: The motherboard's HDMI port has no integrated graphics to power it, so it's essentially useless. You'll need to plug things into whatever graphics card you purchase. It also needs quite a bit of power -- be sure you check the number of pins available on your power supply to make sure it can power the board's overall AND CPU requirements, plus whatever else you'll be connecting. Finally, the primary SSD connector is weirdly loose. You may want to use some sort of electronic-safe putty to secure the thermal plate, otherwise it jiggles for no real apparent reason. Tech support is typical of hardware manufacturers, which is to say almost nonexistent and requires making an account with Gigabyte to access at all. No surprises there.

Nathan R Cukryznski · 2019-08-19 · via amazon

Got this Aorus Elite to replace a failed Asus Z390 Prime. The Prime board failed to enter the EFI bios after a while, and I didn’t want to wait on a replacement chip even though I have equipment and qualifications to solder one on. Shouldn’t have happened. This Gigabyte board is not only prettier as far as lighting and customization, but also the EFI bios has always been accessible and it hasn’t failed. The Prime had HDMI and DP for CPU graphics output, but this board only has HDMI (I know probably very few people actually want to run their dual displays on CPU graphics, but that’s what happens when you want to GPU mine). Overall I like this board. A lot.

Austin Sewell · 2021-01-13 · via amazon

Sent the board back at my own expense after a problem developed where the board wouldn't boot with the RAM in the recommended slots. After having the part for 3 weeks Gigabyte just voided my warranty and shipped the motherboard back with no explanation. Everyone loves these boards as a great value, but after my experience with Gigabyte's customer service I won't buy their products anymore.

Steve-o · 2020-06-19 · via amazon

This motherboard it's really good for the price, decent VRM's, bios and flash options with room for a powerful overclock, only downside is the Bios UI which straight up sucks, feels so clunky to navigate and things are listed in a weird way with no sliders for multipliers and instead you have to manually choose it ( not typing it) in ranges from 0.00 to 9.99 for ie. The RBG lighting it's decent and the software RGB Fusion it's easy to use, not the greatest but you will easily match your other RGB components. I paired it with an i7 9700K, RTX 2070 Super & EVGA 850W B3. Overall good performance for the price and features for the 8th and 9th gen Intel Platform. Recommended

BatCat · 2019-12-31 · via amazon

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Socket

AM5

Chipset

B850

Form

ATX

WiFi

WiFi 6E

Socket

AM5

Chipset

B850

Form

ATX

WiFi

WiFi 6E